Garment-hanger.



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PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

G. H. GAGE. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAB 15. 1906 @LW/bumsen `along said rod 1.

UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

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Patented Hatch. 5, 1907.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. GAGE, a citizen of the United States, resid' at the city, county, and State of New Yor have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Garment-Hangers, of Whic the following is a ull,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to arment-hangers, and is adapted particular y for skirts and coats. I

My ob'ect is to provide a simple, inexpensive, an effective article of manufacture which will be easy to adjust and which will when in position hold a skirt or other gar.- ment securely and in such a manner as to pll'ievent loss of form from creasing and the One of the advantages resulting from the use of my improved garment-hanger lies in its adaptability to garments of different size, and particularly in its adaptation to skirts having different-sized waistbands, as will readily be observed from an inspection of the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved hanger; and Fi 2 is a section of the same, showing an en view of one of the hanger- 1 is a rod of an suitable material. Attached to this rod 1s a hook 2, by which the hanger may be suspended. 3 3 are depending oppositely-disposed arms adapted when in normal position to move freely upon and 4 4 are sto s to prevent the arms 3 3 from slipping o the rod. In the referred form shown each of these arms 3 3 1s shaped from wire, the upper portion forming a clamp 31 in the shape of a coil of sufficient length to give a proper clampingsurface. The' lower portion o this arm,'as shown at 32, is shaped according to the article to be sus ended, in the case shown a skirt. This c amp 31 is 'ust large enough in diameter to permit of its ee movement relatively to the rod when not in use; but when the lower portion 32 is pressed down and inward, asin the case when a garment is being suspended, the clamp 31 clutches the rod 1, an thereby 'Iprevents its movement along the same. e normal position of these arms is indicated in `full lines, while their position when in use is shown by dotted lines.

In o eration the arms 3 3 are first moved tow the hook 2. Then the garment is placed over the lower portions 32 32, after which the arms are moved outward as far as the garment will ermit, the Weight of the garment upon the ower portions 32 32 of the arms 3 3 then causing the clamps 31 31 to frictionally clutch the rod ywith the result heretofore stated.

A modified structure mi ht readily be rovided wherein a hollow rorI is substitute for the solid one, the rod having a longitudinal slot in its under side, the arms 3 3 moving within the rod instead of outside of the same, as shown above. v

Various other modifications of my 1mproved device might4 be made without departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is- 1. A garment-hanger corn rising a single rod and two members adjusts 1e thereon and with relation to each other, each member consisting of a single piece of wire havin one end formed into a coil slidable on sai rod and the other end formed into a broad, yielding, outwardly and downwardly extending loop located beneath said rod.

2. A garment-hanger comprising a rod of substantial diameter, projectinvr knobs carriedb the opposite ends thereo? and adjustable c amp and supporting members, each of said mem ers consisting of a single piece of wire ha one end coiled around said rod and having t e other end formed into a suprt' member. po mg CHARLES GAGE..

Witnesses: p

Gno.- H. MrrcnELL, L. Vmmsn. Y 

